Etymology

balanda

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Today it means: A white person, a European. Full definition →

Dhuwal balanda ← Makasar Balanda ← Malay Belanda
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*hultą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*holt
  3. Old Dutchholt
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  5. Proto-Germanic*landą
  6. Frankish*land
  7. Old Dutchlant
  8. Old Dutchholt lant
  9. PortugueseHolanda
  10. JavaneseWalanda
  11. MalayBelanda
  12. MakasarBalanda
  13. Dhuwalbalanda
  14. English todaybalanda

From Dhuwal balanda, from Makasar Balanda, from Malay Belanda, from Portuguese Holanda. Doublet of Holland.

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